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Edinburgh Leisure Seeks Dynamic Sales & Retention Manager to Inspire Community and Drive Success

Posted: 5th September 2025

Edinburgh Leisure is excited to announce an outstanding career opportunity for a passionate and forward-thinking Sales & Retention Manager.

At Edinburgh Leisure, we transform lives by inspiring our community to get active, stay active, and achieve more. As we continue our mission to make physical activity accessible for all, we are searching for a Sales & Retention Manager to drive our commercial success, grow our membership base, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

To succeed in this role, you will champion innovative solutions to support the expansion and efficient operation of our services. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our financial sustainability by leading sales plans, creating new revenue streams, and spearheading membership growth and retention. Your expertise will directly impact the health and wellbeing of communities across Edinburgh.

Within this role, you will develop and implement solutions to broaden our reach and introduce innovative membership products, services, and programmes. You will lead dynamic acquisition campaigns, using market insights to craft creative retention plans that foster satisfaction and loyalty.

Your expertise in monitoring data, reviewing targets, and interpreting customer behaviour, market trends, and competitor activity will help shape effective sales approaches. Additionally, you’ll prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual sales forecasts, oversee annual pricing reviews to ensure consistent growth, and mentor front-of-house teams, empowering them to deliver seamless and memorable customer experiences.

We are seeking a forward-thinking professional with a passion for connecting with diverse audiences and championing our vision of promoting physical activity for better health. Our ideal candidate will have a proven background in sales and retention, and the drive to expand access to Edinburgh Leisure’s facilities and programmes.

If you are ready to make a real difference and help transform lives across Edinburgh, we want to hear from you.

  • Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 24th September
  • Assessment date: Thursday, 2nd October

Join us at Edinburgh Leisure and become part of a community dedicated to inspiring health, wellbeing, and positive change through physical activity.

Further information can be found here; Sales and Retention Manager.

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